Description: In the town of Djibo in northern Burkina Faso , a Fulani child is sick with malaria . After a visit to the public military health center , the childs parents feed him artesunate and amodiaquine , an artemisin combination therapy for malaria treatment . While easily prevented by sleeping under an insecticide treated mosquito net every night , throughout Africa , malaria is a major killer of pregnant women and children under five .